Cisco EnergyWise and Catalyst 6500 Switches

Catalyst 6500 series switches support the Cisco EnergyWise features and functions described in this guide. This appendix describes the Catalyst 6500 switch-specific EnergyWise functions and configuration.

EnergyWise Version 2.7 Commands for Catalyst 6500 Series Switches

The output for the show energywise children privileged EXEC command displays all of the line cards in the system as separate EnergyWise entities. The power consumed by each entity is displayed separately and not aggregated under a parent entity. You can use energywise query privileged EXEC commands to control each entity.

This example shows you the show energywise children privileged EXEC command output on a Virtual Switching System (VSS) chassis with a PoE phone, line cards, and endpoints. All of the line cards (in the active and standby chassis) are identified as module in the Type column and consumer in the Category column. The power consumed by each line card is displayed in the Usage column:

Shutting Down Line Cards or Modules

You can shut down line cards by using the energywise queryimportanceimportance {keywordsword,word,... | namename} set level level privileged EXEC command.

If all of the ports are down or in an Admin Shut state, the system displays a success message after the line card is shut down.

If a port is up or in any state other than the Admin Shut state, then the line card does not shut down and has no accompanying message. Enter the debug platform powernet_pd privileged EXEC command to enable the debug mode and reenter the energywise queryimportanceimportance {keywordsword,word,... | namename} set level level command to check the log.

In the previous example, you can shut down all the entities except the Type parent. For example, to shut down line card SAL1544U2XK(35) that is in the standby chassis, physical slot 3, enter the energywise query importance 100 name SAL1544U2XK(35) set level 0 command.

Powering On Line Cards or Modules

You can power on line cards by using the energywise queryimportanceimportance {keywordsword,word,... | namename} set level level privileged EXEC command to. Set the power level to 10. You can also use this command to power on line cards that have been powered off using the console CLI.

–On a redundant chassis operating in SSO mode, the energywise neighborhostname udp-port-numberglobal configuration command does not work. Use the energywise neighborip-address udp-port-numberglobal configuration command to specify the IP address of the host.